Senate tables amendment to subpoena State Department documents

Senate Republicans vote to reject two of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's amendments that would subpoena White House and State Department records

From CNN's Ali ZaslavSen. Mike Braun, a Republican from Indiana, told reporters that many Republicans didn’t read through the resolution closely last night — so at the GOP lunch today there was a lot of discussion surrounding the amount of time for opening arguments and the handling of evidence already laid out from the House.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made some key last minute changes to the Senate trial organizing resolution today, including that evidence from the House would be submitted into the trial record unless there’s a vote to oppose, and time for opening arguments would be extended from two days to three.

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